The Mini Speech Contest 2020

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2020.10.08

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Hello everyone,

We had our Mini-Speech contest last week. It was a great showcase for all of our student’s speeches and shows how much work they did to get this far. I’m delighted with their progress, and all of the parents must be very proud to see what they achieved. Now we have chosen which students will go to the speech contest in November. It wasn’t an easy choice. The speeches are of such a high quality this year that it made it very difficult for us to choose some to go to the contest. When all of our students work so hard on their speech, it makes it difficult for us to choose, but makes us very proud of their motivation. So well done to everyone who worked on their speech this year!

Did you hear about the typhoon that is on the way? This Saturday, a typhoon may hit Japan. This is normal for this time of year. Last month seemed unusually quiet for typhoon season. We saw very few actually come to Japan. Last year there were more, and a Rugby World Cup match had to be cancelled. It was the first time a world cup game was cancelled, so many fans were disappointed because of the weather. I remember back then it was unusual to cancel big events. Of course, these days it’s much more common. I hope this year doesn’t have too many typhoons. Things are difficult enough as it is! So let’s look forward to a bright Autumn with the speech contest on the way next month.

Alan

みなさん、こんにちは。アランです。

先週はミニスピーチコンテストが行われました。これまで練習した成果を見せる素晴らしい機会でありました。私は生徒達の上達を非常にうれしく思います。保護者の皆さんも、彼らが成し遂げた成果を誇りに思ったにちがいありません。そして１１月におこなわれる「スピーチコンテスト」への出場者が決定しました。毎年のことでありますが、選考は非常に難航しました。今年も生徒達のレベルが高く、限られた人数の出場者を決めるのは本当に難しかったです。スピーチを行ったすべての生徒の皆さん、お疲れ様でした。素晴らしいスピーチでした。

ところで、台風が近づいてきているのをご存じですか。土曜日には本州に上陸するだとか。この時期は台風の季節ですが、先月は例年よりは台風が少なく感じました。去年も多くの台風が上陸しました。ラグビーのワールドカップの試合も中止になりました。ワールドカップ始まって以来の試合中止で、多くのファンががっかりしました。今年は台風が多くこないことを願って。すばらしい秋を願って。すばらしいスピーチコンテストになることも願って。